How To Prepare That Fabulous French Style Dinner

How To Prepare That Fabulous French Style Dinner

Are you hosting a French-themed dinner party soon? Don’t fret! Here’s a step-by-step guide to prepare you for a surely successful soiree.

Step #1: Prepare the venue with class and sophistication. Use fancy and expensive china and champagne glasses if available. Hang the French flag and decorate with miniature models of the famous French landmarks like Champs Elysees.

Step #2: Begin dinner with an assortment of quality French cheese (fromage). Here are the different types of cheeses that you can serve on your cheese platter:

Soft cheeses with Natural Rind (Les Fromages a Pate Molle et a Croute Fleurie) – soft cow’s milk cheeses that have white, almost floury surface. Brie is very popular in any American supermarket.

Soft cheeses with Washed Rind (Les Formages a Pate Molle et a Croute Lavee) – still made from cow’s milk, but this time rind is washed so it has a supple and colorful rind. Munster cheeses and Pont l’Eveque are the better known varieties.

Pressed Cheeses (Fromages a Pate Pressee) – These type is submitted to pressure during processing thus draining the moisture out of the cheese. You will find a large variety of this type in a French supermarket. Most popular are Cantal and Ossau-Italy.

Blue Cheeses (Fromages a Pate Persillees) – easily recognized by the channels of blue or greenish-blue that run throughout it. It has a strong flavor and smell and thus add a twist to your cheese platter. Well known are the Bleu de Bresse and Roquefort cheese.

Step #3: Accompany the cheese course with a crusty French baguette that can be bought fresh at any French bakery. Slice the baguette and spread butter on top.

Step #4: Serve guests the most well known of French appetizers, escargot. Escargot is a dish of cooked land snails, served as an appetizer. Soak snails in water for several hours and crack the shell to loosen the meat. Wash the snails in water numerous times and drain water before serving.

Step #5: Serve filet mignon as the main entr